Roy Cooper backs conditions on Homeland Security funding after Minnesota shootings

By: Brandon Kingdollar

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: January 27, 2026

Words: 479

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago

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U.S. Senate candidate and former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper called for “immediate reforms” before any additional funding for ICE and Border Patrol operations following the deaths of two Minneapolis activists during altercations with federal agents.

“The federal government should deport violent criminals, but instead they have killed American citizens,” Cooper said in a statement on social media Monday afternoon. “Americans deserve answers and any additional funding for these ICE operations must come with …

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